The ability of the Counseling Readiness Scales to predict the number of sessions spent in short-term counseling or brief psychotherapy within a university mental health service was confirmed. Highly ready clients spent more time in both than those low on readiness. Significant positive correlations between number of sessions and rated improvement of clients within both short-term modes of treatment suggest the practical utility of measurement of readiness.
References
1.
ErreraP.McKeeB.SmithD. C.GruberR.Length of psychotherapy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1967, 17, 454–458.
2.
GoughH. G.HeilbrunA. B.Manual for the Adjective Check List and the Need Scales for the ACL. Palo Alto, Calif.: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1965.
3.
HeilbrunA. B.SullivanD. J.The prediction of counseling readiness. Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1962, 41, 112–117.
4.
RockwellW. J. K.MoormanJ. C.HawkinsD.MusanteG.Individual versus group: brief treatment outcome in a university mental health service. Journal of the American College Health Association, 1976, 24, 186–190.
5.
WinerB. J.Statistical principles in experimental design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962.
